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To: George Osborne
Make MP's publish their Tax returns
Stop making MP's exempt from money laundering checks. Why should you make this decision because one Tory MP speaks out against it, on behalf of others who have not come forward themselves. Do they have something to hide?
Why is this important?
Tory MP compares calls for financial transparency for MPs with a "ban on curtains" and George Osborne changes his mind on anti-money laundering checks. This government isn't serious about anything, never mind tackling tax avoidance:
"The Chancellor has caved under pressure from influential Tory Charles Walker, who last week refused to reveal his tax returns
George Osborne has agreed to make MPs exempt from anti-money laundering checks under pressure from moaning Tory backbenchers.
...Ministers will now move to exclude MPs from the watch lists in the forthcoming Bank of England bill.
Mr Osborne caved under pressure from influential Tory backbencher Charles Walker, who has been pressing for the change for some months.
Mr Walker, who chairs the 1922 Committee of backbench Tory MPs, last week threatened to table a bill banning curtains if he was forced to publish his tax returns."
This is bullying tactics designed to try and cover up, the general public have to detail everything to the government and law or face the consequences. Not a problem if we have nothing to hide. So why should MP's who are paid by the people to do a job for the people be allowed to get away with it......
